I once listened to MD Deva's interview in a TV channel when he explained his experience of sharing his composition with MSV. MSV suggested one correction. The song had a word 'Angey (there).' MSV felt that the note for the song seemed to indicate 'ingey (here)' rather than 'angey,'and he also sugested how it could be changed. Deva sang both versions, as he had originally composed and as changed by MSV. I was stunned. The music speaks! I felt that MSV was possessed of Music. (இசை என்கிற பேய் அவரைப் பிடித்திருக்கிறது!)
I have observed his meticulous depiction of distance in a few songs, which I would like to share.I am sure many of you are already aware of this. My sharing is like a child sharing what it discovered with the parents, as if it is telling something to the parents which they don't know.(The parents,of course will pretend as if they are learning from the child!)
1) Adho andha paravai pola vaazha vendum
Idho indha alaigal pola aada vendum.
We can observe that 'adho' has a rising pitch (AarohaNam?) and 'idho 'a falling pitch (avarohaNam)
2) In pon ondru kaNden peNN angu illai, the first charanam ends with the line 'viNnodu viLaiyaadum peNN andha peNN allavo?
Listen to 'viNNodu'. The pitch goes up. After all the 'viNN' is so far above and the PeNN is on the earth!
Now contrast this with 'viNNodum mughilodum viLaiyadum veNNilave' Here all the words are in the same pitch. This is because, viNN, mughil and veNNilavu are all at the same level (not scientifically, but as is normally perceived by us)!
3) 'Bhoomiyil iruppathum vaanaththil parappadhum avaravar ennangaLe' (Shanthi Nilayam) Here a peculiar thing is Bhoomiyil is in high pitch and vaanaththil is in low pitch! This is because the person who sings this is flying! He is in the vaanam. So, vaanam is nearer to him and the earth is far off. We can write a lot on this song alone. This so excellently portrays a sense of flying. If we observe the interlude which has a humming and a floating orchestral flow, we can sense this.
I have observed his meticulous depiction of distance in a few songs, which I would like to share.I am sure many of you are already aware of this. My sharing is like a child sharing what it discovered with the parents, as if it is telling something to the parents which they don't know.(The parents,of course will pretend as if they are learning from the child!)
1) Adho andha paravai pola vaazha vendum
Idho indha alaigal pola aada vendum.
We can observe that 'adho' has a rising pitch (AarohaNam?) and 'idho 'a falling pitch (avarohaNam)
2) In pon ondru kaNden peNN angu illai, the first charanam ends with the line 'viNnodu viLaiyaadum peNN andha peNN allavo?
Listen to 'viNNodu'. The pitch goes up. After all the 'viNN' is so far above and the PeNN is on the earth!
Now contrast this with 'viNNodum mughilodum viLaiyadum veNNilave' Here all the words are in the same pitch. This is because, viNN, mughil and veNNilavu are all at the same level (not scientifically, but as is normally perceived by us)!
3) 'Bhoomiyil iruppathum vaanaththil parappadhum avaravar ennangaLe' (Shanthi Nilayam) Here a peculiar thing is Bhoomiyil is in high pitch and vaanaththil is in low pitch! This is because the person who sings this is flying! He is in the vaanam. So, vaanam is nearer to him and the earth is far off. We can write a lot on this song alone. This so excellently portrays a sense of flying. If we observe the interlude which has a humming and a floating orchestral flow, we can sense this.
There could be (should be) several other examples like this.These few came to my mind. Some people may pooh-pooh this saying that this is all far-fetched (when I shared a subtle meaning of a line from Kamba Ramayanam with a friend of mine, he dismissed it saying that the poet might not have thought of this and these are things imagined by us!). Because these things are so meticulous, people will think that things just happened the way they are. But Deva's testimony will prove that MM has a mind so sharply tuned to music . MSV's music itself is created like a poetry with a lot of intricate constructions.
The man who keeps a close watch on 'matter' and 'meter' (MSV's favorite expressions to refer to the lyrics and the tune) will obviously measure the 'meters' (distance) also while composing. But 'keeping a distance' this way brings him closer to the hearts of the listeners.
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